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Markandeyapurana 45.49

Mārkaṇḍeyapurāṇa 45.49

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Sanskrit

45.49

buddhīndriyāṇi pañcaiva pañca karmendriyāṇi ca /
taijasānīndriyāṇyāhurdevā vaikārikā daśa //

The five organs of the intellect,[20] and the five organs of action, men call these the energetic[21] organs; they are the ten Vaikārika deities. The mind[22] is the eleventh organ among them. Such are the Vaikārika deities known to be. The ear, the skin, the pair of eyes, the tongue, and fifthly the nose; men say[23] these are the organs connected with the intellect for the purpose of perceiving sound and the other impressions. The pair of feet, the anus, the organ of generation, the pair of hands, and the voice may rank as fifth with them; walking, evacuation, sexual delight, manual work and speech—that is the work for each of these organs respectively.

Frederick Eden Pargiter 1888, The Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa

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